Neil Innes would have liked to see the word ‘rutle’ in the dictionary. “As a verb,” he said, “meaning ‘to copy or emulate someone you admire, especially in music’.” Frank Zappa once posed the question ...

George Harrison said The Rutles “liberated” him from The Beatles‘ legacy. For most of his solo career, George had to deal with being tied to his famous former band. He grew sick of it fast. However, ...

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The Museum of TV & Radio Festival pays homage Friday to the wickedly funny “The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash,” which is just about to be released on a special-edition DVD. Conceived, written and ...

Time goes by, as we all know, naturally / People come and people go, naturally. English singer-songwriter Neil Innes wrote these lyrics for “Let’s Be Natural” in 1977 for the debut album by The Rutles ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The original Rutles reunited for the ...

I always knew the Rutles would last. It wasn’t just the trousers. It was the whole package. It was obvious to anyone who looked. In 1971, I landed my first job, working for their former publicist, the ...

28 March 1978: Nancy Banks-Smith reviews a spoof on the career of the Beatles and the commoner cliches of TV documentaries Those of you who have been hiding from the rain in reference libraries will ...

The Rutles put yet another spin on pop-music reality with a 30th-anniversary event Monday in Hollywood that included what turned out to be the first performance ever by the four members of the ersatz ...

One of the stranger footnotes in both the Monty Python and Beatles stories is The Rutles, a comedy band creation of Neil Innes (The Bonzo Dog Band) and Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus). The ...